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Where does “azaadamantane” come from?

azaadamantane (English) comes from English adamantane, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

azaadamantane (English): A polycyclic heterocycle formally derived from...

Definitions

  1. A polycyclic heterocycle formally derived from...

Ancestry of “azaadamantane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadamantaneA polycyclic hydrocarbon, CH, having a cagelike...
2Ancient Greekἀδάμαςadamant, the hardest metal; a hard metal...
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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